ATLANTA, IL. (ECWd) - An explanation, by candidates for library trustee, of alcohol purchases and consumption on the Atlanta Library District's property is somewhat, and I believe intentionally, misleading. This statement was put out on the "Write-In Candidates For Atlanta, Illinois" Facebook page: The Illinois State Liquor...
ATLANTA, IL. (ECWd) - Today, Dawn Wintz, an employee of the City of Atlanta in the capacity as an EMTS with the Atlanta Rescue Squad, decided to attend the write-in candidate Meet and Greet. The problem is that she used a city vehicle to participate, through attending...
CLARK CO., IL. (ECWd) - Earlier this week the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency was called to Mill Creek Lake in rural Clark County, Illinois. A houseboat owned by "Jason" (who resides in Indiana) had sunk while docked at the lake, which is part of the Clark County...
CHICAGO, IL. (ECWd) - This afternoon, a Grand Jury issued a True Bill of Indictment against Jussie Smollett. The indictment (HERE or read it below) indicates 16 Counts of "False Report of Offense" - each Count being a Class 4 Felony. 720 ILCS 5/26-1 (a)(4) Transmits or causes...
BOLINGBROOK, IL. (ECWd) - During the Executive Session of the DuPage Township Board of Trustees meeting, held February 15, 2019, "heated" discussions were held between Trustees - this was the closed session in which they discussed appointing Felix George as Supervisor. According to emails received via an...
Algonquin Township (ECWd) - Most normal people would think the right thing to do would be for Algonquin Township to simply provide the records we requested under the Freedom of Information Act instead of continuing their waste of time and court resources fighting what they will...
MATTOON, IL. (ECWd) - UPDATE 4-21-2021: Rawlings was found NOT GUILTY in Coles County Circuit Court on 4-20-2021 Hilary Rawlings, 35, a school nurse with the East Central Illinois Area of Special Education ("EIASE"), was arrested on February 13, 2019, and charged with six Class 1 Felony...
Naperville Township (ECWd) - In January we requested public records from the Naperville Township Road District and Naperville Township, mainly consisting of credit card statements, emails, and attorney legal invoices. Some things were redacted on the credit card statements, and the legal bills were almost entirely redacted. We...
Atlanta, IL. (ECWd) - Something is wrong in the Atlanta Library District. They will be quick to tell you "nothing to see here" - but when a Federal Grand Jury has subpoenaed records from them, I think we can all recognize that there is something to see...
Atlanta, IL. (ECWd) - This election cycle, citizens and candidates for the offices of Atlanta Library District Trustee and City of Atlanta Alderman filed objections to the petitions of other candidates for the same offices. The Logan County and Atlanta Electoral Boards upheld the petition objections -...
